14 occurrences

'Please' in the Bible

So now come, please let me give you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

Verse ConceptsKeeping Oneself AliveMan's Counsel

Then he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”

Verse ConceptsInfatuationTransferring Wives

So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.

Verse ConceptsNot Pleasing People

The king said to the man of God, “Please entreat the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

Verse ConceptsPray For UsPraying For Sinners

So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

Verse ConceptsWaterDrinking WaterFirewoodgathering

As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”

Verse ConceptsRequesting Food

He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove, And The WorldRespect, For Human BeingsUnquestioning ServiceParting From ParentsIndividuals Runninggoodbyes

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

His servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life.”

Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

Verse ConceptsWaistsRelativesLiving On

Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of the Lord, “Please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him.

Verse ConceptsSons Of The Prophets

Then he found another man and said, “Please strike me.” And the man struck him, wounding him.

Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsadvisersAdvice, Receiving God's Advice

Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

Verse ConceptsMessengerImitating Wicked PeopleGood Words

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